Even after so many years since I first read Wolverine: Origin back in high school, I’m still completely blown away by the sheer level of artistry on display throughout the miniseries! Andy Kubert & Richard Isanov’s illustrations, combined with Paul Jenkins’s narration in the form of Rose O’Hara’s diary entries, do a phenomenal job in selling the overwhelming weight & tragedy of young James Logan Howlett’s transformation into Wolverine!
“But underneath it all, just a boy.”
Rose’s words truly say it all. Underneath all of the blood & heartbreak, from killing his father’s murderer upon awakening his mutation to being disowned by his emotionally absent mother, at the end of the day the story of Wolverine will always be that of a traumatized outcast yearning for human connection.
From Wolverine: The Origin #3 by Paul Jenkins, Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada Andy Kubert & Richard Isanove.